All the advice in the other comments is great. Advocate for yourself and don't give up. Find people who can support you.

As someone that has struggled with mysterious issues as well, I just wanted to say that you're not exaggerating or over reacting and you're not alone. You're doing your best to find help but the system is not working the way it should. Your family is supposed to support you. Your doctors are supposed to work to find a good diagnosis and relieve your symptoms. If they aren't doing that you will need to do even more work yourself, which sucks. Push them when you can, and if they still aren't responsive find a different doctor. I know it's hard, and exhausting, and expensive. But you have your whole life ahead of you, it's 100% worth it to get this figured out now.

CNC like 'computer numerical control'? What does that do to the bees?

I'm due for an upgrade from my pixel 3, which I love but the battery life is getting very low. I'm very interested in this, but wouldn't want to spend the money/resources on something that doesn't work well for me. Getting something upgradeable, then discovering the quality is bad and it doesn't last isn't very sustainable.

If anyone has any personal experience with this phone I'd love to hear it!

Had it like this for years and I love it, but this thread is giving me ideas. Maybe it's time to change it up

Thanks so much!

Haha, thanks! It's way easier than it looks, and tons of fun. You just need nail polish, a cup of water, and a toothpick. My Simple Little Pleasures on youtube has a TON of tutorials.

I never considered that the model of phone would affect the coverage, that shows how much I know! Definitely something to consider, I drive through low coverage areas a lot and do not want to get stranded with no way to communicate.

And good point with the upgradeable vs repairable. It would be so cool if it was upgradeable! Making every new part backwards compatible would be a huge pain for the designers though. But like you said the battery is the real problem with most phones. I'd be very happy with a more standard phone that just had a replaceable battery!

Have you ever had an issue that you had to get support for? Whether it's asking fairphone for help or just searching online for answers, did you have any trouble?

I am very clumsy and tend to drop my phone a lot. I worry that the disassemble-able design could make the phone less drop resistant, have you experienced that? (Or maybe you just have basic levels of hand-eye coordination and are able to hold on to a phone without issues lol)

Ah! I hadn't thought of the coolant. That's terrible.

Also I don't know if you saw the other comment, but there is Lemmy laqueristas now!

https://lemmy.world/c/lemmylaqueristas

Hello! I'm happy to see a few laqueristas have made it to Lemmy :) cleanup brush is clutch, but my eczema preventing me from growing much cuticle at all helps too.

The polishes are all Holo Taco - Aquafoil Featured Guest Not Milky White Cracked Taco Shell

To get the gradient I layered Featured Guest over Aquafoil on my middle finger and over Not Milky White on my thumb

The ghosts I did freehand using dotting tools and stamping polish for the white parts. Ghosts are forgiving because any wiggliness can be passed off as intentional haha

KWGT Kustom Widget Maker, Nova launcher, Sunrise icon pack

Ooh! I will! I've been looking for a lemmy laqueristas community. Glad someone else started one because I don't have the time to moderate.

At most gas stations, you can mute the ads by pushing the second from the top button, sometimes on the left side sometimes on the right.

I hate the ads too, but muting makes them bearable.

Sounds like maybe newer pumps don't work like this? At least in my area, I've only had this fail once.